Radiance From Within | Strength Through Positive Mindset | Positive Self-Talk | Confidence-Building Strategies | Transforming

Heidi Fitzsimmons - Inspirational Writer & Podcaster
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Are you anxious, stressed, or burnt out? Or perhaps worse, you feel overwhelmed with depression and melancholy and made to believe you’re not worthy or enough? Do you desire Grace and growth but lack self-confidence? Do you yearn to fill your cup through faith, self-care & self-love? Deep down, you know that one person CAN make a difference, right?! Well, my friend, then you’re in the right place! And the Radiance from Within Podcast is just for you!! My name is Heidi, and I am the writer and creator of Rise Love Live, a blog and more, where I inspire you to Rise to the Occasion, Love Everyone, and Live a Life Worth Living. Hello, my friend. I’ve been in your shoes - it took a long time, but I learned how to take care of myself through a beautiful morning routine of uncomplicated practices of prayer, journaling, meditation, and, every now and again, a little yoga! Inside the Radiance from Within Podcast, I’ll guide you along YOUR journey of removing those negative beliefs and replacing them with positive words of affirmation. You’ll understand the power of words and experience a mindset shift through Prayer, Devotionals, and Meditation; we’ll even talk about how music can move & motivate us! We’ll also walk through the importance of journaling and how we must process the chaos and sh*t within our cluttered minds. Together, we’ll build your self-confidence and self-worth. We’ll uncover the inner strength needed to pull yourself up and out of those ashes so you can reach hope, joy, and peace while supporting your holistic health. You will learn how to care for yourself from the inside out. Sure, it would be great to lose those elusive 10 lbs, but that’s not our primary focus right now. I’m here to encourage you to stop searching for that ”something” on the outside, turn inward, and become closer to God because He loves you and is waiting for you! So, grab that cup of tea AND your journal, and join me on my Podcast to reveal the Radiance from Within you desire and deserve. Peace and Blessings, my Friend. How to Find Me: Purchase Journals & Workbooks Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RiseLoveLiveBoutique Visit the Website: www.riselovelive.com On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/riselovelive/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHul_m3kA40xRoqO6s1EfQw And Email - heidi@riselovelive.com

  1. 1d ago

    159. I Am Stronger Than My Fear — And I Am Not Alone

    Hello, beautiful! Ever feel that quiet fear creep in right when you’re about to try something new?   Not the big, dramatic kind. The sneaky kind. The “I’ll think about it” kind. The “maybe next time” kind. This week, hubby handed me the perfect topic out of nowhere –  the fear of trying new things, and why you were never meant to face it alone. We’re talking about support systems, stepping outside your comfort zone, and the One who is already in your corner before you even take the leap.   You’ll learn: 👣 Why fear of new things is sneakier than you think 👣 How community and courage go hand in hand 👣 What it really means to lean on God as your first move, not your last resort ✨ Plus, a prayer for anyone who’s been digging deep and has nothing left to dig. 📖 Grab your tea and your Life Design workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off! 🌟 Know someone standing at the edge of something new? Share this episode. It might be the nudge they need.   🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea: https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe and leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!   And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith. With love, 💛 Heidi

    12 min

  2. Jun 7

    158. Trust God: Build Your Creations on Solid Ground

    Hello, beautiful! Have you ever looked at something you're building — a dream, a goal, a creative project — and wondered why it keeps feeling so heavy? What if the problem isn't what you're building — but where you're building it? This week, I came across a quote that stopped me in my tracks. Not because I loved it — but because I wasn't sure that I did. And that little pause led me somewhere really good. We're talking sand castles, blankets, and a Father who gets right down in the sand with you. And I think it just might change the way you think about everything you're working on right now. You'll Learn: 👣 Why where you build matters more than what you build 👣 How to release the things you cannot control — and what to do with them 👣 What it really looks like to let God into your everyday creating and dreaming 📖 Grab your tea, your cozy blanket, and your Dream Your Dreams workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off! 🌟 Know someone who needs a little solid ground today? Share this episode with a friend — it might be exactly what she's been waiting for. 🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review! And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith. With love, 💛 Heidi

    10 min

  3. May 31

    157.The Art of Self-Love as a Practice: 6 Ways to Choose Yourself

    Hello, beautiful! Last week, we talked about the five easy-peasy ways to practice wellness — wake with intention, nourish your body, move with love, enjoy life, and spend time with your peeps. We laid the foundation. THIS week, we're diving into the HOW. Because knowing you should wake with intention is one thing. But actually doing it with self-love? That's the art. Self-love isn't something you fall into or wait for. It's not passive. It's something you build, brick by brick, choice by choice. And that's what we're exploring today — six ways you can actively grow your self-love through consistent behavior and mindset. This episode is for anyone who's been waiting for self-love to find them. It's time to start building it with intention, intention, and grace. You'll Learn: 👣Why self-love is a practice, not a feeling you wait for 👣 Six ways to actively cultivate self-love 👣 How to anchor these practices to scripture for spiritual grounding 👣And a 21-day challenge 📖 Grab your tea and your Affirmation Journal, available at:  https://riselovelive.com/Affirmation%20Guide — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook! 🌟 Know someone who needs a little light? Share this episode with a friend — it might be the gentle nudge they've been waiting for. Sometimes, the permission to build self-love (instead of waiting for it) is exactly what someone needs to hear. 🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review! And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith. With love, 💛 Heidi

    19 min

  4. May 24

    156. 5 Morning Routines: Will You Fill Your Cup Today?

    Hello, beautiful! Last week we had our pivot, our moment to just be — the permission slip many of us needed to just … breathe.   Did you take that opportunity? I hope so! Maybe you didn’t do it three times a day, or even every day — heck, I’d be happy if you just did it once last week, right after listening.   You gave yourself a great big hug and then went and did some weeding. HA — that’s essentially what I did.   Well, my patio project that I think is going to last the ENTIRE summer … but that conversation is for another day.   So with the realization of where we are with the calendar glaring down my neck — is that even the right expression?? — I thought THIS is the perfect opportunity to touch on morning routines.   ICK — I heard that grumble in the back.   Don’t hit stop, wait, wait — I promise this isn’t going to be some lecture.   AND this will help with making us feel better.   So if you’re ready for that refresh button — or maybe just a reminder of how wonderful a morning routine can be for a happy soul — then grab that cup of tea, a cozy blanket, your Dream Your Dreams workbook from my Etsy boutique, snuggle in, and let’s lean IN to feeling fabulous.   Wellness is a decision. And that sounds almost too simple, right?   Like one of those motivational poster quotes that makes you roll your eyes a little. But stay with me here, because I think there’s something really powerful in that simplicity.   When we choose wellness each day — even in the smallest ways — we’re giving ourselves the gift of energy, clarity, and joy.   And the beautiful thing? It doesn’t have to look perfect. It doesn’t have to be Instagram-worthy.   It just has to be intentional.   Today I’m not giving you a to-do list.   I’m giving you an invitation. A menu of possibilities.   You take what fits, you leave what doesn’t, and you trust yourself to know the difference.   You’ll Learn: 👣 Why wellness is a decision 👣 5 morning practices to fill your cup 👣 How to anchor scripture to your morning routine 👣 Why self-care isn’t about escape — it’s about alignment.   📖 Grab your tea and your Dream Your Dreams journal, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!   🌟 Know someone who needs a little light? Share this episode with a friend — it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.   🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!   And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.   With love, 💛 Heidi

    15 min

  5. May 17

    155. Permission to Just Be: Finding God in the Stillness

    Hello, beautiful! Can you believe we're almost halfway through 2026? If you're looking at your vision board, your Bible reading plan, or your list of goals and feeling just a little bit tired — not failing, just tired — this episode is for you. For the past 5.5 months, we've done deep work together. We walked through Lent. We peeled back layers. We leaned into hard questions. And growth has been beautiful. But growth is also heavy. So today, we're hitting pause. I stumbled onto the story behind an old Edie Brickell song this week — "What I Am" — and one line completely captured my heart: "Religion is the smile on a dog." She wrote it during college, frustrated by classmates who were so busy over-intellectualizing faith that they missed the actual experience of it. And it made me wonder: How often do we do the same thing? How often do we turn grace into a checklist? How often do we drown ourselves in the deep end when God is simply asking us to rest in the shallows and enjoy Him? Your faith is not a performance review. God doesn't love the optimized version of you any more than He loves you right now — in your mess, your fatigue, and your unfinished to-do lists. So today, I'm not giving you homework. I'm just asking you to take a breath. To look around at your life and see what's already here. To give yourself permission to just be. Consider this your permission slip. You’ll Learn: 👣 Why rest is a spiritual practice, not a weakness 👣 Why Jesus modeled simplicity over striving 👣 How to give yourself permission to just be    ✨ Plus, you’ll hear a gentle prayer for the woman who's been trying so hard and just needs to breathe.   📖 Grab your tea and your Live Your Life journal, available at: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z— and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!   🌟 Know someone who needs a little light? Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.   🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!   And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.   With love, 💛 Heidi

    14 min

  6. May 10

    154. You are Held: A Mother's Day for Every Woman

    Hello, beautiful! Today is a special day for most — but not for all. And weeks ago, He tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to make space in today's episode for the woman whose Mother's Day isn't joyful, whatever the reason. If your relationship with your mom, mother-in-law, or stepmom is complicated… if motherhood wasn't in the cards for you… if you are grieving a mother, longing to be one, or just finding today heavier than the world seems to think it should be — please don't skip this one. He gave me a surprise for you. Together we'll take a few sacred breaths, sit with a prayer for the brokenhearted, and let the words of Martina McBride's "In My Daughter's Eyes" wash over us — woven through with God's own Word from Philippians, Isaiah, Psalms, and Jeremiah. This isn't a typical Mother's Day episode. It's a soft place to land. You'll Learn: 👣 Why making space for hard feelings on a "happy" day is one of the most loving things you can do for yourself 👣 What Helen Reddy's daughter inspired in "I Am Woman." 👣 The reminder that you are strong, you are seen, you are guided, and you are held ✨ Plus, a tender prayer for the brokenhearted, a song that may break you open in the best way, and the permission to lay your head in His lap today. 📖 Grab your tea and your Dream Your Dreams workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK  — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook! 🌟 Know a beautiful soul whose Mother's Day is heavy this year? Share this episode with her — gently. It might be the soft place to land that she didn't know she needed. 🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!   And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.   With love,  💛 Heidi

    12 min

  7. May 3

    153. The Lies Are Loud. God Still Whispers His Love

    Hello, beautiful! How are you doing after last week’s episode? After we sat in the ashes with Job, gave ourselves permission to ask, "Why me, God?", and learned that the Shepherd walks with us through the valley — not around it. Well, this week, we're building on that. Because the next question is just as important as the first one. Last week we asked, "Why me, God?" This week, we ask, "Who am I becoming because of this?" Today we're talking about the lies that grow in hard seasons — the negative beliefs that whisper in our ears when we’re too tired to fight back. We'll name two of the loudest ones, hear what scripture says back to them, and learn what it means to "stay in your lane" when life gets heavy. Inspired by Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 12, we'll explore why God's love isn't earned, why your brokenness isn't a disqualifier, and how the inner work of healing negative beliefs is some of the most sacred work we do. You'll Learn: 👣 What it really means to "stay in your lane" when something hard is happening to you 👣 The two loudest lies that whisper in women's hearts during hard seasons — and the scripture that confronts each one 👣 Why your past explains you, but does not excuse you (and how emotional intelligence meets faith) 👣 One tender invitation for healing a negative belief this week 📖 Grab your tea and your affirmation journal, available at: https://riselovelive.com/Affirmation%20Guide — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook! 🌟 Know a beautiful soul who's been hearing the lies a little too loudly? Share this episode with her — it might be the gentle reminder she's been waiting for that God's love is still whispering underneath it all. 🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review! And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith. With love, 💛 Heidi

    18 min

  8. Apr 26

    152. When Reasons Aren't Enough: Why Me, God?

    Hello, beautiful! Has anyone ever said to you, "It's okay, everything happens for a reason"? Oh, friend. That phrase isn't in the Bible. It never was. And if your heart has been quietly carrying the question, "Why me, God?" — This episode is for you. Today we're opening the book of Job — a man who lost almost everything in a single breath, sat in ashes, and asked the very question you may have whispered at 3 a.m. We'll talk about what Job's friends got wrong (and what God Himself had to say about it), why asking "why me?" is not a lack of faith, and what the rod and the staff of Psalm 23 actually mean for you in the valley.   You'll Learn: 👣 Why "everything happens for a reason" isn't biblical — and what God Himself said to the friends who said it 👣 How to sit with someone in their ashes (and how to offer that same grace to yourself) 👣 What the rod and the staff of Psalm 23 actually are — and how they're working for you right now 👣 Three invitations for walking through the valley when you wish you could skip to the end ✨ Plus, a tender prayer, a Lauren Daigle lyric that may become your anthem this week, and the permission you've been waiting for to stop explaining your ashes. 📖 Grab your tea and your Life Design Workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook! 🌟 Know someone sitting in the ashes today? Share this episode with a friend — it might be the gentle reminder she's been waiting for that she is not walking alone. 🌿 Please Stay in Touch: 🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive 🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive 🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review! And until next time… Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.   With love, 💛 Heidi

    22 min
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Are you anxious, stressed, or burnt out? Or perhaps worse, you feel overwhelmed with depression and melancholy and made to believe you’re not worthy or enough? Do you desire Grace and growth but lack self-confidence? Do you yearn to fill your cup through faith, self-care & self-love? Deep down, you know that one person CAN make a difference, right?! Well, my friend, then you’re in the right place! And the Radiance from Within Podcast is just for you!! My name is Heidi, and I am the writer and creator of Rise Love Live, a blog and more, where I inspire you to Rise to the Occasion, Love Everyone, and Live a Life Worth Living. Hello, my friend. I’ve been in your shoes - it took a long time, but I learned how to take care of myself through a beautiful morning routine of uncomplicated practices of prayer, journaling, meditation, and, every now and again, a little yoga! Inside the Radiance from Within Podcast, I’ll guide you along YOUR journey of removing those negative beliefs and replacing them with positive words of affirmation. You’ll understand the power of words and experience a mindset shift through Prayer, Devotionals, and Meditation; we’ll even talk about how music can move & motivate us! We’ll also walk through the importance of journaling and how we must process the chaos and sh*t within our cluttered minds. Together, we’ll build your self-confidence and self-worth. We’ll uncover the inner strength needed to pull yourself up and out of those ashes so you can reach hope, joy, and peace while supporting your holistic health. You will learn how to care for yourself from the inside out. Sure, it would be great to lose those elusive 10 lbs, but that’s not our primary focus right now. I’m here to encourage you to stop searching for that ”something” on the outside, turn inward, and become closer to God because He loves you and is waiting for you! So, grab that cup of tea AND your journal, and join me on my Podcast to reveal the Radiance from Within you desire and deserve. Peace and Blessings, my Friend. How to Find Me: Purchase Journals & Workbooks Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RiseLoveLiveBoutique Visit the Website: www.riselovelive.com On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/riselovelive/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHul_m3kA40xRoqO6s1EfQw And Email - heidi@riselovelive.com

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